Morning Report

For the first time since late 2021, the average house price nationwide has gone up.

The average cost of a New Zealand home has increased by 0.5 percent in August, to more than $890,000.

Quotable… Read more Audio

An Auckland woman is on a mission to catalogue every Little Free Library in the region.

The neighbourhood book exchanges can be as low-key as a small wooden box filled with books for passers-by to… Read more Audio

A Taranaki businessman and arts patron is putting the finishing touches to a life-sized replica of the Ōmata Stockade on the outskirts of New Plymouth.

Built in 1860, the original military defence… Read more Audio

We all remember wiggling our teeth out and putting them under the pillow for the tooth fairy - but this story you're about to hear isn't so sweet.

Residents in a rural town on the East Cape have… Read more Audio

The battle for the Māori electorate of Te Tai Hauāuru is set to be tough, with three Wahine MPs vying for the seat. 

The electorate is big: stretching from Kawhia in the north to Porirua in the south… Read more Audio

It was supposed to be a memorable night for Israel Adesanya from the Auckland based gym City Kickboxing in Sydney.

But he lost his middleweight title to American Sean Strickland at UFC 293. And with… Read more Audio

The Green Party is pushing for a Healthy Ocean Act in the next three years if it is part of the next Government, saying without a healthy ocean, there is no healthy planet.

The policy would see a… Read more Audio